Hat sweat-band.



M. A. BUCKINGHAM.

HAT SWEAT BAND. APPLICAIION FILED JUNE n, 1915.

Patented Sept 4, 1917.

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MAURICE BUGKINGHAM, OF FREDEEICK, MARYLAND.

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Specificationof Letters Patent.

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Application filed June 11, 1915. Serial No. 33,581.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE A. BUCKING- HAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fredericlg in the county-of Frederick and State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HatSweat- Bands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat bands, the primary object of which is toprevent impeding of the blood circulation through the head.

Another object of the invention is to provide a band which will conformto any shape or size head, and will permit ventilation of the head atall times.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scopeof my invention will be more readily understood from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings andpointed out in the claims forming a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional view of a hat constructed inaccordance with my invention, illustrating the application of the same,

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a detail enlarged plan view of one of the pneumatic pads usedin the present invention, a portion thereof being broken away.

Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged sectional view taken on the line 44: of Fig.3, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the ventilating tubes used in thepresent invention. 1

It is well known in this art, that the bands of hats so snugly engagethe periphery of the head, as to render the venous blood inert,consequently impairing the hair follicles, causing the hair toprematurely fall out. It is therefore the principal purport of thisinvention to provide a hat band which will permit free circulation ofthe blood through the head, and at the same time ventilate the headwithout danger of the hlat being casually displaced under normalconditions.

To illustrate the application of this invention, a hat 1 is shown in thedrawings, which may be of the usual or any desired configuration, andhas mounted therein a hat sweat band 2, the lower marginal edge of whichis secured to the hat, at the jointure of the crown and rim of thelatter in the usual manner, an elastic gusset 3 being placed in the bandto permit expansion and contraction of the latter.

A plurality of ventilating tubes 4: are provided, which are made ofrubber, cork or any other suitable material, and are interposed betweenthe band 2 and the inner periphery of the crown of the hat, as shown toadvantage in Fig. 2. The tubes l are vertically arranged, and arecontiguous, thereby permitting a free circulation of air through thetubes, and around the entire periphery of the hat, since the band 2 isprovided with a series of perforations 5 therein, subj acent the tubes4.

A plurality of pneumatic pads 6 are interposed between the innerperiphery of the band 2 and the ventilating tubes 4, each of said tubesbeing of a substantially crescentshaped configuration and tapered towardits opposite ends. Each tube is provided with a valve 7, whereby thetube may be inflated or deflated by the introduction of air thereinto,or the escape of air therefrom, respectively. It will be noted that oneof the tubes is mounted in each side of the hat, and one in each end, orin the front and rear, respectively, the tapered ends of the tubes in t1e front and rear of the hat, lying in approximately abutting relationwith the tapered terminals of the tubes in the sides of the hat, wherebythe least resistance will be offered against the arteries in thetemples, which lead to the top of the head, thereby permitting anunretarded flow of blood through these veins at all times, while the hatis being worn.

In use, therefore, it is seen that the air tubes 4: and pneumatic pads 6are mounted between the band 2 and the crown of the hat, therebypermitting a free circulation of air through the hat at all times, inview of the perforations 5 in the hat-band, likewise adapting the hatfor use on various sized heads.

It will be understood that the above description and accompanyingdrawings comprehend only the general and preferred embodiment of myinvention and that various minor changes in details of construction,proportion and arrangement of parts may be made within the scope of theappended claims without sacrificing any of the advantages of myinvention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what Iclaim as new and desire to secure Letters Patent is:

In. combination with a hat having apertures formed in the band, adjacentthe point of connection thereof with the hat,a plurality of shortlengths of soft rubber tubing disposed in the hat and between the crownand sweat band with the openings at one of their ends in communicationwith the apertures oi the sweat band to permit the circu lation of airthroughout the inter or of the hat, and pneumatic cushion members whichtaper toward both ends from the middle, disposed between the tubing andthe sweat band.

with the ends of said cushion 'members in 15 overl'ap 'aing engagement.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.MAURI CE A. BUCKINGHAM. WVitnesses V I-IAMMOND- CLARY, ERNEST C. WEBB.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each. by addressingCommissioner of :Patents,

Washington, D; 0.

